• 文献标题:   Flexible, Transparent, and Noncytotoxic Graphene Electric Field Stimulator for Effective Cerebral Blood Volume Enhancement
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HEO C, LEE SY, JO A, JUNG S, SUH M, LEE YH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, electrical field stimulation, cerebral blood volume, cerebral blood flow, hemodynamic, in vivo
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sungkyunkwan Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn305884w
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Enhancing cerebral blood volume (CBV) of a targeted area without causing side effects is a primary strategy for treating cerebral hypoperfusion. Here, we report a new nonpharmaceutical and nonvascular surgical method to increase CBV. A flexible, transparent, and skin-like biocompatible graphene electrical field stimulator was placed directly onto the cortical brain, and a noncontact electric field was applied at a specific local blood vessel. Effective CBV increases in the blood vessels of mouse brains were directly observed from in vivo optical recordings of intrinsic signal imaging. The CBV was significantly increased in arteries of the stimulated area, but neither tissue damage nor unnecessary neuronal activation was observed. No transient hypoxia was observed. This technique provides a new method to treat cerebral blood circulation deficiencies at local vessels and can be applied to brain regeneration and rehabilitation.